Depicted on a tetradrachm, the Olympian Dionysus was the god of wine, an important part of the revelry at Greek feasts. Photograph by Bridgeman/ACI The Greek historian Xenophon recounts in his ...

The earliest origins of drama are to be found in Athens where ancient hymns, called dithyrambs, were sung in honor of the god Dionysus. These hymns were later adapted for choral processions in ...

Part 1 The story begins with Dionysus - the god of wine - someone who likes to 'let himself go'. One day Dionysus and his band of revellers are enjoying themselves at the foot of Mount Tmolus when ...

Paris Olympic organizers apologized Sunday to people offended during a tableau of the opening ceremony that depicted the ...

Like several forms of expression, booing originated in Ancient Greece in the theater, as a means to express dissatisfaction ...

The author of BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick The Mars House returns with a reimagining of the story of Dionysus, Greek God of ecstasy and madness, revelry and ruin.

The mysterious Lycurgus Cup is a convincing artifact indicating that, possibly unbeknownst to them, the ancient Romans used ...

So Midas took the satyr home and looked after him. The satyr was a good friend of Dionysus, the God of wine and merriment. When Dionysus saw how well treated his friend had been he granted Midas a ...